Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-10-15
If YOU would live long and vbe

If you would live long and Vbe
happy you must eat wholesome food,
and to insure this you must have
pure and fresh groceries, and the
best place to secure them at all times
is at d. o. Jenkins. Try it once
and see.
"A committee has been appointed
by the Board of Mayor and Alder
man to ascertain and report the cost
Of a pump and wind mill for the
parkwell. By this improvement, to-
gether with large tank, our town
cangeta very good system of water
works at comparatively small cost.
"A team of large white horses be-
longing to Mr., j. A. Wheeler, ran
away with wagon load of sweet po-
tatoes, on Main Street, last Saturday.
They "kept in the middle of the
road" and stopped somewhere near
Mr.. Lind's residence, without doing
any, damage.
"A dissolution notice of the firm
of Black & Ramsey, physicians, will
be found in this issue, also the card
of DIR. A.. B. Ramsey. After this
week he will be found, when not pro-
fessionally absent, at his new Office,
opposite his new residence on West
Main street. f-.
/ Mr.. VIM. White advertises his
farm for sale in today's STANDARD,
together with all crops, tools, stock,
etc. The farm is located one and a
quarter miles from town, and is one
of the most desirable farms in this
vicinity. See advertisement in an
other column.
Mr.. l.. F. Capshaw, Of Shelby
vile, accompanied Mr.. G. T. Thur
man on his bridal trip and returned
home with him. Icons many
friends here gave him hearty shake
of the hand, and were all glad to
learn that he is meeting with good
success at Shelbyville. He will re-
main here until Monday.
$3.50 in cash 3 Worcester's and
8 Webster's Dictionaries, worth 500,
and 4 Dictionary Holders, worth
$3.50 given as prizes fer best essays
answering the question "Why should
1 use Dictionary Holder?" For
full particulars, send to La Verne w.
Noyes, SO & 101 W.Monroe ST., Chica.
} 60, the maker of Dictionary Holders,
Or inquire at your Bookstore.
--McMinnville needs a public hall
This is one of our " long felt wants.
and the man or men who will sup.
ply it will merit and receive the graf.
itude of the entire community. The
churches, the courthouse, and the G.
F. College chapel are the only places
: we have where an entertainment OF
public gathering of any kind can be
had, and there are many occasions
for which they are not suitable
, Won't somebody put ball in mo
tion which will give us an opera
, house?
-Ephraim Smart, COL, died sud
: denly at the home of his brother
near Fingers chapel, in this county
f last Sunday afternoon. He ate hi
9 dinner in apparent good health anC
started for home, when he was taker
2 with bleeding at the mouth and nos,
I and died IN a few minutes. Hi
preacher says for him that he wa
I" a consistent christian, hard work
ing man, good provider for hi
= family, good citizen, and enjoyed
the respect and confidence of hi
neighbors, both white and colored.'
e The Cumberland Telephone Com
pany at Nashville. in circular to it
patrons says it "runs its country ex
; changes at very little profit, ant
:, some at a loss, purely to accommo
= date the business interests of its sub
y scribers." This is very easy to &C
" count for in the case of the McMinn
. vile box. The line between thi
place and Woodbury. is general,
+ down in half a dozen places or more
e and it is almost impossible to talk t
S Nashville without repeating al MuI
a freesboro, and sometimes it is eve
It difficult to talk to Murfreesboro.
n the Cumberland company woul
s. keep the line in proper shape it woul
get more business. If all of the com
pany's country exchanges are I" run
:, in the same way as that of McMinn
y vile, we don't wonder that some {
@ them fail to pay.
IS Henry Reik, the Main Street ss
e loon keeper, was captured last Tue